PSALM OF HISTORY

Give thanks to God who has always guided us
for God's goodness lasts for ever,

for our God has been close beside us from the very beginning
and God's goodness lasts for ever;

before the universe was begun
for God's goodness lasts for ever,

in the making of our solar system
for God's goodness lasts for ever,

through the complicated processes of evolution
for God's goodness lasts for ever,

and by bringing our earliest ancestors to care for each other in communities
for God's goodness lasts for ever.

In the ancient civilisations of China and the Aztecs
for God's goodness lasts for ever,

to the eastern and Mediterranean cultures and specially the Jews
for God's goodness lasts for ever.

Who chose Abraham and sent him out, not knowing where he was to go
for God's goodness lasts for ever;

who wrestled with Jacob without destroying him, but gave him a blessing
for God's goodness lasts for ever,

who brought Moses to be the leader of the Exodus from Egypt
for God's goodness lasts for ever,

and David the warrior king to build the holy city
for God's goodness lasts for ever.

But raised up the prophets to cry for justice and right belief
for God's goodness lasts for ever,

and finally John the Baptist, pointing to the one who'd been chosen
for God's goodness lasts for ever,

Jesus, among us to teach and to heal
for God's goodness lasts for ever.

For he was loved and hated, crucified, dead and buried
for God's goodness lasts for ever;

he was raised up again for our salvation
for God's goodness lasts for ever,

and now he's king of all nations of the world
for God's goodness lasts for ever.

He lives on to pray for us
for God's goodness lasts for ever,

and in his life, we too can come alive
for God's goodness lasts for ever.

Through saints and preachers and martyrs, God's Spirit was spread abroad
for God's goodness lasts for ever,

Patrick and Columba, Augustine and David
for God's goodness lasts for ever,

in the writings of the saints and the teachings of the doctors
for God's goodness lasts for ever,

through the Reformation, and the conflicts of ideas
for God's goodness lasts for ever,

by those who have taught us and guided us and brought us to where we are
for God's goodness lasts for ever,

through darkness and joy in our own experience
for God's goodness lasts for ever.

Give thanks to God who has always been our strength
for God's goodness lasts for ever.

For our God has been close beside us from the very beginning
and God's goodness lasts for ever.

Notes:

See Psalm 105 - telling the story.

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